If you want the facts:
Past 36 months: 1.54
As of October 21, 2008, the fatal accident rate for Cirrus airplanes was 1.54 per 100,000 flying hours over the past 36 months due to 13 fatal accidents in an estimated 738,000 flight hours.
We use a 3-year average because, with a modest fleet size of about 4,000 airplanes flying about 500,000 hours per year, the accident rate varies substantially with only a few accidents.
Past 12 months: 1.76
In the past 12 months, there were 28 accidents in an estimated 1.8 million flight hours for a rate of 1.76 per 100,000 hours.
Lifetime of the fleet: 1.53
In the life of the SR2X fleet since mid-1999, there have been 41 accidents in 2.69 million hours for a rate of 1.53 per 100,000 hours.
GA fleet: 1.19 (single-engine fixed: 1.86)
This compares to the overall general aviation rate of 1.19 for 2007 (ref Nall report), which represents a tough comparison because it includes corporate jets and turboprops that have a significantly better accident rate than single engine piston airplanes. When twin-engine and turbine aircraft are excluded, the single-engine piston rate is 1.86 fatal accidents per 100,000 hours flown